President Musharraf’s Vision and Achievements of his tenure

Since General Musharraf has decided and declared to return to Pakistan, we consider it imperative that his vision and achievements be brought once again to the kind notice of the Pakistani public. A solid economically stable Pakistan is essential to our future’s prosperity and independence!

4. Industrial Parks were being setup throughout the country for the very first time. [Source & this].

5. Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) was 30 year high. LSM rose from 1.5% in 1999 to 19.5% in 2005, registering a 135% growth [Source] and [Source]

6. Small Scale Manufacturing, according to Federal Bureau of Statistics registered an 80% growth in 2005 since 2000 [Source]

7. Pakistan IT industry, which was virtually non-existent 7 years back, in 2006-07 valued around $2.8 billion, including $1.4 billion of IT exports. Number of IT companies rose to 1306. [Source] and [Source]

8. Telecom Industry’s growth had resulted in creation of 80,000 jobs directly and 500,000 jobs indirectly. Since July 2003, regulators have handed out more than 900 fixed, mobile, and long-distance licenses to some 50 companies. Already Tele-density has increased from 4% to about 45% of the population. The number of mobile subscribers has increased from 1.6 million in 2001 to over 88 million in 2007-08. [Source] and [Source]

9. CNG Industry by end of 2007 had attracted over $70 billion investment over the last 5 years. Above 3,105 CNG stations were operating in country, providing above 30,000 employment opportunities. CNG stakeholders have invested Rs.90 billion in this sector. The CNG was replacing at least 6.12 billion liters of petrol every year and saving foreign exchange to the tune of billions of dollars. The CNG sector pays 24 percent sales tax and 4 percent withholding tax to the government. [Source] and [Source]

10. The Cement Industry started contributing above Rs 30 billion to the national exchequer in the form of taxes. Actual cement production in 2001-02 was 9.83 million tons and 2007-08 – 26.75 million tons. After 2002-3, most of the cement manufacturers expanded their operations, and increased production. This sector has invested about $1.5 billion in capacity expansion over the last six years [Source]

11. Automobile Industry paid Rs.63 billion cumulative taxes in 2007-08. Auto sector in 2007 contributed 16% to the manufacturing sector, as compared to 6.7% during 2001-02. Production of cars in 2001-02 was 40,600 Units and in 2007-08 was 164,700 Units. Production of Motorcycles in 2001-02 was 133,000 units and in 2007-08 was 733,000 Units. Production of Tractors increased from 24,000 Units to 50,000 Units. [Source]

12. Pakistan has joined the ranks of gold producing countries by producing 7.746 tons of gold during the last five years – 2004 to 2008 and 86,013 tons of copper and 11.046 tons silver, besides the production of 14,482 tons of magnetite concentrate (iron), bringing in a total of $633.573 million. [Source]

13. Finance and Insurance sector registered a 166% growth since 2000. Pakistan’s Banking sector turned profitable in 2002. Pakistan is the 3rd best in world Banking profitability. Their profits peaked to Rs 84.1 billion ($1.1 billion) in 2006. [Source] and [Source]

14. Pakistan Exports have increased from $7.5 billion in 1999 to $18 billion in financial year 2007-2008. [Source]

15. Textile exports in 1999 were $5.2 billion and rose to become $10.5 billion by 2007. [Source]

22. Newly found World class copper- gold deposits in Chagai will fetch around $600 million per year. [Source]

23. Pakistan has joined the ranks of gold producing countries by producing 7.746 tonnes of gold during the last five years – 2004 to 2008 and 86,013 tonnes of copper and 11.046 tonne silver, besides the production of 14,482 tonnes of magnetite concentrate (iron), bringing in a total of $633.573 million. [Source]

24. A new Oil refinery with UAE will fetch $5 billion & will process 300,000 oil barrels a day. [Source].

25. CNG sector has attracted over $70 billion investment in last 5 years. [Source].

Responses

Pakistan are proud to see Gen. Musharraf going back to serve his country which is in dire need of his capabilities and Leadership. We are proud of you but you got to play a different role this time when you do join the winning parties in Pakistan. It seems that the two party system is at end in Pakistan because of their poor performance Country to day is on the brink of collapse and economy in tatters You did run Pakistan with a great skill and your leadership is knows to the world not only to loyal Pakistanis Please do go and look after your country Good Luck